Humza Yousaf was appointed as Scotland’s First Minister following a vote by his fellow members of the Scottish Parliament. The new SNP leader won the vote in Holyrood with the support of his MSPs and the backing of the Scottish Greens, giving him a majority. All three opposition leaders stood against him on the ballot.
Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader on Monday after a bitterly fought contest. The 37-year-old practicing Muslim will succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish National Party (SNP).
On Friday, Zimbabwe stormed into the Super 12 stage of the Twenty20 World Cup for the first time at the expense of Scotland. It beat Scotland by five wickets with skipper Craig Ervine hitting a half-century. The African nation limited the Scots to 132-6 with tidy bowling led by Tendai Chatara (2-14) and Richard Ngarava (2-28) before rattling through the run chase with nine balls to spare.
Abu Dhabi: On Friday, KL Rahul's 50 off 19 balls worked for India to stay alive in the Twenty20 World Cup with an eight-wicket defeat of Scotland in only seven overs. Both Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami got three wickets and helped bowl out Scotland for 85 in 17.4 overs. India still needs to win against Namibia and New Zealand to beat Afghanistan to get into the semifinals.
